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In reply to the discussion: pardon bowe bergdahl. [View all]Horse with no Name
(34,059 posts)65. there were no lives lost..what else ya got?
http://freakoutnation.com/2014/06/04/report-the-deaths-of-8-soldiers-attributed-to-pow-bergdahl-is-false/
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After CNN reported as a fact that at least six soldiers died looking for Sergeant Bergdahl after senior American military officials say he wandered off his base, others followed the lead. The narrative is out there, and its being echoed throughout the Internet. The New York Times looked into the matter and found that claim to be murky.
The Times reviewed casualty reports and contemporaneous military logs from the Afghanistan war which shows that the facts surrounding the eight deaths are far murkier than definitive even as critics of Sergeant Bergdahl contend that every American combat death in Paktika Province in the months after he disappeared, from July to September 2009, was his fault.
During the most intense period of the search after Bergdahl disappeared two soldiers died.. Both of the now deceased soldiers were inside an outpost that came under attack. They were not out patrolling and running checkpoints looking for him. As for the other six soldiers,, they died in late August and early September.
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After CNN reported as a fact that at least six soldiers died looking for Sergeant Bergdahl after senior American military officials say he wandered off his base, others followed the lead. The narrative is out there, and its being echoed throughout the Internet. The New York Times looked into the matter and found that claim to be murky.
The Times reviewed casualty reports and contemporaneous military logs from the Afghanistan war which shows that the facts surrounding the eight deaths are far murkier than definitive even as critics of Sergeant Bergdahl contend that every American combat death in Paktika Province in the months after he disappeared, from July to September 2009, was his fault.
During the most intense period of the search after Bergdahl disappeared two soldiers died.. Both of the now deceased soldiers were inside an outpost that came under attack. They were not out patrolling and running checkpoints looking for him. As for the other six soldiers,, they died in late August and early September.
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from what I read of his background, sounds like he simply couldn't handle the war.
progressivebydesign
Jun 2014
#76
+10000 Don't forget that "wrote" books for the war college on completely unrelated subjects
Katashi_itto
Jun 2014
#48
no, it insinuates, loudly, that his critics are insane and that he deserves our thanks
mopinko
Jun 2014
#30
He grew up in a conservative/libertarian/home schooled Idaho home...so his actions
randys1
Jun 2014
#28
You of course realize that the average time for deserters these days is 14 months
nadinbrzezinski
Jun 2014
#41
You are right--it doesn't IMPLY--it STATES. And this guy has not been charged with anything.
MADem
Jun 2014
#79
i dont expect the truth to come out, ever. without it being muddied at every turn.
mopinko
Jun 2014
#69
and the dead guys that went looking for him, nothing hanging over thier heads but a chunk of granite
NM_Birder
Jun 2014
#70
Yes, while he was gallivanting through the wildflowers, living large in his Afghan pajamas...
MADem
Jun 2014
#81
Wow, you're a real charmer. That last sentence of yours says more about you than you realize.
MADem
Jun 2014
#86
yes I agree, I said it so I underwstand exactly what it says about me, and yes.
NM_Birder
Jun 2014
#87